{"id":5913,"date":"2020-06-15T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T06:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.henle.de\/blog\/en\/?p=5913"},"modified":"2020-06-15T08:59:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T06:59:13","slug":"part-3-beethoven-from-the-artists-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/2020\/06\/15\/part-3-beethoven-from-the-artists-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 3: Beethoven from the artist\u2019s perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2020\/03\/Beethoven-Film-engl.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5808\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2020\/03\/Beethoven-Film-engl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2020\/03\/Beethoven-Film-engl.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2020\/03\/Beethoven-Film-engl-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2020\/03\/Beethoven-Film-engl-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2020\/03\/Beethoven-Film-engl-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>Starting from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.henle.de\/en\/music-column\/beethoven-in-films\/beethoven-movies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beethoven Feature Films (1)<\/a>, then going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.henle.de\/en\/music-column\/beethoven-in-films\/beethoven-docus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beethoven Documentaries (2)<\/a>, we\u2019ve now arrived at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.henle.de\/en\/music-column\/beethoven-in-films\/beethoven-from-the-artists-perspective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beethoven From the Artist\u2019s Perspective (3)<\/a>, the final part of my efforts at annotating comprehensively Beethoven Filmography. It is, after all, primarily the artists who are dealing lifelong with the music, the notes, but also with the Beethoven biography, to bring us closer to his music through their interpretations. <!--more--> Definitely worth seeing, in my opinion, are all 30 films that after weeks of YouTube research I have handpicked from the innumerable on offer. The criteria for inclusion in my list, beyond the general relevance of what\u2019s been said, has also been a certain level of detail and the absolute concentration on one or more works by Beethoven. Taken into account are interviews, master classes, public rehearsals and lectures \u2013 usually in German or English. All films, chronologically listed and commented upon, are accessible on YouTube with the relevant access links given.<\/p>\n<p>I would personally like to recommend especially the following films from the wide range available:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Everything that the great conductor <strong>Leonard Bernstein<\/strong> said and produced about Beethoven during his long artistic life, in addition to his actual recordings of the symphonies, concertos, \u201cFidelio\u201d, etc. And that is a whole lot: he shows up on my list altogether seven times (between 1954 and ca. 1985). Every film is a pure joy and object lesson.<\/li>\n<li>The seven piano master classes by <strong>Daniel Barenboim<\/strong> (Chicago, 2005), each about an hour in length per movement of a Beethoven piano sonata, are amongst the best that has been said about Beethoven\u2019s music \u2013 not just a \u201cmust\u201d for aspiring pianists. Magnificent are also the master classes by Schiff and Perahia.<\/li>\n<li>In 2002 Claudio Abbado gave a particularly moving interview in Italian (with English subtitles), addressing many aspects of Beethoven\u2019s composition. But the rather short interview with <strong>Iv\u00e1n Fischer<\/strong> (ca. 2012) about Beethoven\u2019s 3<sup>rd<\/sup> and 4<sup>th<\/sup> symphonies is also a highlight of Beethoven exegesis (and Beethoven dedication).<\/li>\n<li>Amongst the public rehearsals of Beethoven symphonies listed, including those by Stokowski, Celibidache and Harnoncourt, I especially recommend <strong>Herbert Blomstedt\u2019s<\/strong> work on the 4<sup>th<\/sup> symphony with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Munich, 2015).<\/li>\n<li>Finally, be sure to take time to listen\/view the spontaneous lecturing in English by the pianist and conductor <strong>Mitsuko Uchida<\/strong> (Cambridge, ca. 2017). Only those who approach \u201cinterpretation\u201d with such love and deep understanding of the real thing behind the notes come close to Beethoven\u2019s universal greatness and significance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019ll be so glad, dear readers, if my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.henle.de\/en\/music-column\/beethoven-in-films\/glance-to-beethoven-in-films\/?setgeolang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beethoven Filmography (1\u20133)<\/a> will have contributed to your using the special medium of film as an inspiration to become involved time and again with the composer BEETHOVEN and his creations. If in your opinion I\u2019ve overlooked an important relevant film, please be sure to let me know \u2013 at any time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting from Beethoven Feature Films (1), then going to Beethoven &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/2020\/06\/15\/part-3-beethoven-from-the-artists-perspective\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[276,3,273],"tags":[7,739],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5913"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5918,"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913\/revisions\/5918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}